Harry Reid
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reidis an American politician, and senior United States Senator from Nevada, having served since 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the Senate Minority Leader since January 2015, and has previously served as Majority Leader, Minority Whip, and Majority Whip...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 December 1939
CitySearchlight, NV
CountryUnited States of America
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When the big oil companies came to Congress to testify about their record profits, we expected that they would tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Today, we learned that this was a standard they were not prepared to meet,
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The reason the legislation was passed (creating the stockpile and the price trigger) is to have the president have the ability at times like this to pull heating oil from that reserve,
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It's long past time the Senate addressed the record high prices consumers have faced the past months. While oil companies have reaped record profits, middle-class families have been left wondering whether anyone had noticed.
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It's disappointing that neither skyrocketing gas prices nor obscene oil company profits can break the bond between Bush Republicans and Big Oil. Americans are struggling to pay the rising cost of gas, and they are not interested in handouts to help oil companies make more money by letting them drill in wildlife refuges. Now it is finally time the Republican Congress acts to provide relief and to reduce our addiction to oil.
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It's designed to protect Big Oil while mistakenly believing that drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will solve America's energy problems.
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oil companies need to make more money this year.
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Coal makes us sick. Oil makes us sick. It's global warming. It's ruining our country. It's ruining our world.
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The major oil companies haven't even tried to build one single new refinery or significantly expand a refinery in this country in 30 years,
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We certainly are not about to declare victory,
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I've thought about this, and I'm not going to send one to my daughter, but all four of my boys are going to get one.
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It was the wrong choice for the American people in this cold holiday season.
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The state of the union today is that we have low-income Americans begging for their prescription drugs, and seniors are going without any coverage. The president has botched the Medicare so badly that it doesn't resemble a 'benefit' for most seniors.
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the Senate must be vigilant in considering this nomination.
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The stakes are higher, and the Senate's advice and consent responsibility is even more important,